Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This post is part of my ongoing series exploring lessons from Jim Collins’s book, BE 2.0 In the next post, we’ll explore how staying adaptable in the face of setbacks enables long-term success. Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0). Design one quick experiment to test a new approach.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In your book, The Interaction Field: The Revolutionary New Way to Create Shared Value for Businesses, Customers, and Society , you write that the future is about creating value for everyone. Fourth, interaction field companies enable sharing of value creation. In total, over 40 million companies connect. I like Flatiron Health.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

This makes following some of the practices I discuss in the book to streamline collaboration critical for both performance and well-being. These “warm” relationships then prove to be critical when opportunities enable a person who has done this well to see a possibility and mobilize a network. This was important pre-pandemic.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Its initial use cases target pharma companies to enable the creation of voice and chatbot products to improve sales reps’ performance, complement their medical science liaisons, and support clinical trial sites and investigators. The Echo-integrated product enables them to alert staff in a hands-free way if they fall or have an emergency.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

It plans to use the funds to continue expanding its product, hiring more talent and taking Peek to more places, after passing some $2 billion in bookings from some 35 million customers, mostly in North America. Peek was also not immune. When COVID-19 hit, “it was pretty terrifying for us. “We then did all the hard things.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Turing’s ambitious vision of enabling fantastic opportunities for developers across the globe is inspiring,” said John Avirett, partner at StepStone Group, in a statement. In that regard, it’s a little like Superside , which raised money for its designer and creative talent hiring and management platform last week.).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Businesses that provide this enabling technology and equipment can capitalize on this with special pricing and promotions. And while purchasing physical books may not be practical during the pandemic, consumers will find the instantaneous accessibility of eBooks and Audiobooks enticing when they are facing another weekend stuck in the house.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The video industry will be disrupted just as books, newspapers and music before it. Our societal behavior is now to look up things we want to book or purchase at the point & time of need. Search for a restaurant, book a table, eat in 30 minutes. Search for a restaurant, book a table, eat in 30 minutes. And the future?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Maybe you're a salon that lets clients book services with individual providers, or perhaps your consulting agency needs a simple online appointment scheduling tool to organize discovery calls. Focus on the meeting, not the scheduling Automate your booking The best booking apps offer the perfect mix of flexibility and ease of use.

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Revolution

MARCH 28, 2023

For consumer applications, companies that run marketplaces or platforms that enable brands (like Instacart, Expedia, or Shopify) will likely be early beneficiaries because they allow users to reach a variety of goods and services through a single portal.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

StudySmarter’s platform can then turn this source material into interactive study aids — like flashcards and revision exercises — and the startup touts the convenience of the approach, saying it enables students to manage all their revision in one place (rather than wrangling multiple learning apps).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

I hadn’t known Derek before but he knew I was a huge fan of the late Clayton Christensen, the HBS professor and author of the highly influential book, “ The Innovator’s Dilemma.” Ever the community builder, Derek booked Clay to speak at his event but instead of interviewing him he asked me?—?somebody somebody he knew from afar?—?to

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2024

Studies underscore the crucial role played by robust internet connectivity in enabling and enhancing remote collaboration. That evidence further supports the idea that refinements in remote work tech tools — enabled by fast broadband — offer the key to improved innovation.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I’ve been steadily progressing through the excellent books in the Stripe Press catalog. It’s the best book I’ve read on engineering management. The book abstracts out the wisdom of those times into theory abstracted from experience, not just hypothetical ideas. First, I read High Growth Handbook.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2022

Features today number about 18, including not just calendar management and ways to manage across multiple booking portals, but also channels to manage guest-host communications, analytics and accounting tools, payment tools and more. Guesty’s platform is tailored to meet this need. “Guesty is not looking for an exit,” he said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

“So we enabled that to beat the market.” Over time, it could see a very specific application emerging, specifically for SMEs: providing a platform for FP&A (financial planning and analytics), which didn’t really have a solution to address it at the time.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 3, 2025

These platforms provide intuitive interfaces, such as drag-and-drop AI-powered tools, enabling business owners to create custom AI solutions tailored to their needs. Appointment Scheduling: Enhance customer relationship management by automating the booking process, reducing back-and-forth communication.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 30, 2021

This will help them enable their teams to do the same. and Million Dollar Women (Amazon best-seller, winner of Axiom Business Book Award). We want to make sure CEOs have access to the resources and tools to handle their own mental health and build a resilient mindset.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2019

On top of that, they wouldn’t listen to suggestions about the packaging of the collection—which also must be sustainable in my book. This enables us to highlight and amplify the efforts of all parties involved and creates increased awareness. I hope to pick up painting again, join an interesting cooking class and read more books.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

That little online book company. I’m just in awe of what they’ve enabled and baffled that the media doesn’t give this more focus. If you want a deeper understanding of the layers of the cloud , how it is emerging and some of the exciting new players you can read it here. Amazon changed our industry. Not Google.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Simplify Scheduling and Appointments If your business involves scheduling appointments or managing meetings, a simple scheduling tool can save you significant time and reduce the chances of double-booking or missed appointments. Acuity Scheduling Acuity Scheduling is another popular option for appointment scheduling.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 14, 2025

For those whose prior experience did not enable them to fully master discipline and prioritization skills, they must pass through a learning curve that drills home that they need to manage their time better and work to create a healthy work-life balance. What can you do differently next week to improve?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. But can you really tell me MakeSpace is a tech company?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Tom Rauen, an EO Iowa member and founder and CEO of 1-800-Tshirts.com , discovered two major insights at 37: “I discovered the true role of the visionary and integrator in a business as outlined in Gino Wickman’s book, Traction. EO will continue to enable transformational growth in the lives of its members.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The future of TV will follow the rule of Deflationary Economics as I outline influenced by the book The Innovator’s Dilemma. It will enable the naturally creative but geographically and socially disenfranchised to make money doing what they love – participating. Serialized TV with Audience Participation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 31, 2022

This enables a transfer of resources, including technology and knowledge, that significantly increases the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. Often, this is done domestically first, but foreign investments can significantly improve a company’s books.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

In the book Alien Thinking , three innovation professors at IMD Business School argue that people who generate truly breakthrough ideas look at their world like aliens–outsiders unburdened by the assumptions, biases and conventional thinking that constrain imagination. Entrepreneurial success hinges on generating breakthrough ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

But if you want to build a fast-growing, tech-enabled startup it’s hard to imagine doing so without venture capital and lambasting VCs publicly probably isn’t the most thoughtful strategy. You need to embrace that there are good actors out there and bad actors.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

If he opened up and gave her an angle to make him bad it was he who enabled it. Save your over-intellectualizing for your book club. She only asked questions and did very limited background research other than the interview. The stories he told were the stories she reported. This point isn’t just about press meetings.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The public transport sector in Kenya is largely traditional and a majority of operators, especially those in road travel, still require their clients to physically book tickets at their offices even when making advance travel plans. Others do not have provisions for seat reservation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 26, 2024

This technology enables the creation of highly convincing and personalized scams, challenging individuals to distinguish between genuine and fraudulent interactions. His newest book is Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams: A Manual on Benchmarking to Best Practices for Competitive Advantage.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 28, 2024

Coaches work with you to develop customized strategies that fit your specific needs and goals, rather than the generic advice you might find in books or online resources. Customized Strategies Tailored Solutions: Every business is unique.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2019

So whilst I share the agony of a decade of my own sleeping problems in my book Positive Sleep, my emphasis is more on the life-changing effects of getting the sleep you need. Way too often, in my opinion, there is an emphasis on the downside of not getting enough quality sleep. So what is enough sleep? How can sleep help you?

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 15, 2023

Ayo Indonesia offers an online platform that enables users to effortlessly book sports venues and connect with opponents or teammates. Operating on a subscription-based model, Ayo Indonesia offers a wide range of features, including scheduling, online bookings, membership management, multicourt administration, and revenue reporting.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What an arresting title for a book. In the first few pages, I learned that it’s a book about rhetoric. In the book, Sam Leith deconstructs the works of evocative orators: Aristotle, Cicero, Churchill, Luther King Jr., The book enumerates the troika of persuasive arguments: ethos, logos, and pathos. I was wrong.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

“This was a pain point of mine,” Van Malderen said, recalling how he would typically pay £200-£300 for a single book, only to “read one assigned chapter and then never use it again.” “A model like ours not only prevents piracy, but it reduces the need for second-hand books,” he said. 18 in the U.S.)

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